Salt packing process, Gujarat

Shown here is a part of the salt packing process of Keedi Village in the Little Rann of Kutch. Workers are adding Iodine and packing salt in bags to be sent to different countries.

The salt workers settle down in the desert for 8 months between October to May and their homes adjacent to the salt pans that they work on. On reaching the school, one can see a number of temporary homes in the horizon where the Agariya families reside.

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